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Siemens to put "Industrie 4.0" into realities with Chinese partners

Cooperation agreements signed with leading Chinese companies to push forward intelligent manufacturing

Siemens digital offerings to empower local partners in multiple industries to transform and upgrade

Beijing, China. Siemens today signed a series of cooperation agreements with China’s leading companies to jointly deploy intelligent manufacturing in industries of iron and steel, ship-building, electronics and aerospace. As concrete steps forward to the strategic alignment of “Industrie 4.0” with “Made in China 2025” between Germany and China, the partnerships are formed respectively with Baosteel Group Corporation (Baosteel), China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), China Electronics Corporation (CEC) and China Aerospace Science " Industry Corporation (CASIC), on the occasion of German Chancellor Merkel’s official visit to China.

“By jointly exploring the opportunities of intelligent manufacturing, we are moving forward along the directions of the ‘Action Outline for China-Germany Cooperation’ and uplifting our partnership with Chinese counterparts to a new height towards the ‘digital age’,” said Lothar Herrmann, CEO Siemens Greater China.